Lauren Lesley is an Atlanta-based fine artist from Easley, South Carolina, working primarily in representational graphite drawing. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, and her Master of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently a Limited-Term Lecturer in Drawing & Painting and Foundations at Georgia State University. Selected solo exhibitions include DRAWN TO DUSK at Good Art Co. and UNCERTAINTY at Whitespec. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including in the 31st Annual OCD Conference Art Exhibition presented by the International OCD Foundation in Seattle, Washington, and the 2026 Small-Scale Art Award Finalist Exhibition at Lethbridge Gallery in Brisbane, Australia. She has received the Curator's Choice Award for Synaptic at Good Art Co. and Best of Show at The New South V at Kai Lin Art. Her work has been featured in Oxford American magazine and Strokes of Genius 9: Creative Discoveries/The Best of Drawing, published by North Light Books.